Fall is almost here and this month’s shop update is focusing on stationery. Stationery is special to me because it marked the start of Tea Thoughts. Back in my etsy days when I started, I hand made cards with tombow markers!

As I taught myself graphic design and tried out other products, I didn’t forget about cards but they weren’t a main focus. I started picking up interest in stationery that I love like sticky notes and washi tape. I decided it was time to make a shop update dedicated to my love of stationery.

On Friday September 24th at 11 am ET, the products shown below will be available in the shop. I want to go through some of these designs and tell you why I created them.

In this shop update, you will find 4 greeting card designs and these designs will also be represented in other products. Let’s start with the TEArarium. This teapot terrarium is an old pin design that was pretty popular and instead of just using the same design, I wanted to redo it. I kept the glass teapot exterior but changed the plants inside. Like my original design, I chose succulent and cacti. Mostly, I chose these because they are what I know best since they are what I can keep alive (mostly!). I started looking up different cacti and succulents to choose different types to include.

After redesigning the TEArarium, I decided I wanted to make a few other designs where a piece of teaware would be used in another way besides for drinking tea. My thought was that I could design some plants which is what I am best at and what I enjoy the most. I also wanted to expand the designs to something that anyone, regardless of their place on a tea journey could enjoy and use. I have a lot of designs with gaiwans for example so I wanted to use teaware more people would recognize, even if you aren’t a tea drinker. I made the tea cup with flowers first using some of my favorite colors and then decided to make a birthday card using the mug as a cake with candles. Finally, I wanted to add another teapot to the mix so I went with something simple and used peace lily flowers to represent peace and calm for the coming season. The fall and winter season can be so fun but also hectic and it’s also a tough time for my family as we’ve lost many family members at this time of the year.

Magnets have been on my mind because I ran out of what I had and because I had several people ask about magnets and lots of people tell me they love them! I first decided to keep the theme and use the same designs as my cards. I didn’t want to make a birthday magnet so instead I revamped a sloth design I had to hold a gaiwan and cup and decided to make that a magnet as well!

I’ve also been wanting to make new washi but wasn’t feeling inspired. After creating these cards designs, I knew they would be perfect for washi tape. I chose to make washi with two of the card designs, the sloth design and a new pear gaiwan design I made! I always think about pears around the holidays because we would often be sent a harry and david box of fruit from a family member as a christmas present, the boxes always had pears! I also love pears. In farsi we call them gol- ahbe. This gol is flower and ahb is water, pretty fitting name right?! I’m not sure if I’ll make a pin of the pear gaiwan but I wanted to at least create a matching sticky note!

Last, but not least, I decided to finally take a leap and make something I’ve always wanted to. Planner notepads! I love having paper to write down quick notes, reminders and to do lists! I go through phases where I use a proper notebook and others where I just reach for what I have. I chose to have a whole slot for Monday, reminders and the weekend and then have shared space for the other days. Often on Mondays and the weekend we are looking forward to the week and write more or we feel super motivated to be organized but then it fades. This is often how I feel and I designed these pads with this in mind.

Everything here will be in the shop on 9/24 and will be included in the normal stationery volume discount when adding 3 or 4 products or more to your cart! If you have any questions feel free to leave a comment or send me an email: hello@teathoughts.com